Sep 22, 2009 11:16 AM

Fifth European Futurists Conference

http://www.european-futurists.org/wEnglisch/programm/Programm2009/programm2009.php

"Meet the top futurists at the 5th European Futurists Conference Lucerne!

"This year’s conference sails under the motto «Visioning 20.20 – Escaping the Age of Stupid»."

(((Wow! Terrific motto! May your futurist dreams come true!)))

Jensen Huang’s Vision for Europe Runs on Plug-In Data Centers

At Nvidia’s GTC in Berlin, Huang unveiled the company’s new plug-in data center—the DSX Pod—as the key to unlocking Europe’s AI infrastructure lag. Oh, and autonomous humanoid robotics.

Tom Bristow

WIRED Ghost Stories

Five hauntings from the other side of technology.

The Social Society Helping Women Join the AI Boom

WIRED spoke with the founders of the Aged Intelligence Society, a fast-growing events startup that brings women together to “solve midlife problems using frontier tools.”

Zoë Schiffer

Wikipedians Believed AI Would Come and Go. They Were Wrong

In a world of AI Overviews, Wikipedia usage declines. But the real loss may be far more existential than website traffic.

Richard Cooke

Europe Wants Data Centers. Its Climate Goals Are Getting in the Way

A plan to funnel the heat given off by data centers into nearby homes has run aground in Germany. Across Europe, policymakers are weighing AI ambitions against climate objectives.

Joel Khalili

Spend Elon Musk’s Money

What’s it like to be the richest man in the world? Find out for yourself.

Neal Agarwal

Japan Is Attempting an Audacious Mission to Sample a Martian Moon

JAXA is leading an international mission to reach Mars’ Phobos moon and bring soil back to Earth. If successful, it could unlock new clues about the history of the solar system.

Jenna Ahart

The Sixty-Year Mission Brings Star Trek’s Legacy to a New Generation

The documentary chronicles how Star Trek’s positions on everything from race to AI were way ahead of their time.

Max Evry

Anthropic Says It Will Revolutionize Biology—Some Day

In breathless press releases and posts, the company has touted its models’ ability to deliver scientific breakthroughs. But its IPO filing taps the brakes on just how fast its AI will lead to big discoveries.

Emily Mullin

Mistral Says Its New AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Is the Best Open-Weight Offering Outside of China

With the release of its new trillion-parameter model, Mistral is hoping to demonstrate it’s “still in the race” to build frontier-level artificial intelligence.

Joel Khalili

Mistral Says Its AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Has Leapfrogged China in the Open-Weight Race

The French AI lab claims its latest release matches or outperforms even the best models from DeepSeek and Z.ai in coding and cybersecurity.

Joel Khalili

Astronomers Confirm Discovery of the Youngest Known Exoplanet Ever

Under 1 million years old, “Elias 2-24b” is now the youngest exoplanet ever observed, and it may force researchers to reevaluate theories about how planets are formed.

Teruyuki Hayakawa